This Bill is one of the most important
lighthouse Billís that has come up for funding resources for all
lighthouse groups. It is important to have this legislation pass and to
provide the letters of support required. Your letters are needed now!
Please follow the instructions below to get your letters in the mail as
soon as possible. E-mailed letters are not reliable for this particular
project, the Senator holding a stack of physical letters in theirs hands
is powerful. This is a bi-partisan Bill and the money coming from this
Bill has historically been used for lighthouses since our country was
formed by charging foreign ships a tonnage tax for lighthouses on their
cargo!

You will need to write a minimum of
three letters, maybe four depending on your state. We need the
sponsoring Senators to have the master copy of all letters and your
states individual Senator(s) to have a letter written to them as well.
If you would like to write a letter to the co-sponsors of the Bill, that
would be nice as well.

FIRST

PLEASE ADDRESS EACH LETTER INDIVIDUALLY
TO EACH SENATORíS OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, DC. FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
FROM THE INFORMATION BELOW.

Two address blocks are included below
for the Michigan Senatorís who spearheaded the Bill. Cut and paste each
address block for each individual letter, two separate letters are
required to each Michigan Senator.

Co-Sponsors of the bill are listed
below, but we do not have direct contacts to their offices and are
including them here for your reference if you wish to send them
something as well. Please look up their office information on the web
site below.

We need you to look up your own address
on the Senate contact web site above by first entering your zip code,
and then your address, your representatives will appear on the left side
of the screen. Click on your representative to bring up their
information, and then on their contact tab for their mailing address. Send
them the same letter addressed to your own Senate representative to gain
further support for this Bill. We would suggest sending the letters to
your home state offices rather than the DC offices.

SECOND

MAILING INSTRUCTIONS.

Please mail your letters to the LOCAL
MICHIGAN Senatorís offices. If they go to DC, there is a chance they
will get lost in the shuffle. The Senatorís staff listed below are
helping to spearhead the letters so we make sure there is a pile of them
given to the Senatorís to show to Congress. Please physically send the
letters to the following:

The
Honorable Carl Levin

ATTN:
Harold Chase

107
Cass Street, Suite E

Traverse City, MI. 49684

The
Honorable Debbie Stabenow

ATTN: Brandon Fewins

3335 South Airport Road
West Suite 6B

Traverse City, MI 49684

Your Name

Your Address

Your City, ST. Zip

Month XX, 2009

The Honorable Carl Levin

United States Senator

269 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Debbie Stabenow

United States Senator

133 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator XXXXX:

I am writing to you in support of the
Lighthouse Bill S 715 to fund the lighthouse restoration grant program.
The amount of money that could be used on the front lines of the
lighthouse preservation and restoration will make a huge difference in
preserving these historic maritime structures.

Most lighthouses are located in out of
the way places. As such, the number of people living around these remote
structures is limited, and thus the local funding available for work is
limited. To see a large increase in the available grant funds not only
in the Great State of Michigan, but throughout the US, would surely help
us get these wonderful icons of our collective maritime history
preserved and restored and ready for the next generation to learn from
and support as well. It is a boost they need now.

Being one of the millions of lighthouse
lovers across this country who will visit a lighthouse any chance I can
get, I can assure you that this money would go a long way in helping to
stimulate our economy, put people to work, and increase tourism dollars
related to the States this Bill supports. Preserving these coastal
treasures is of importance to me. Please do all you can to see that this
Bill S 715 succeeds.

Thank you in advance for all you have
done for the lighthouse movement in Michigan and throughout the country.
You can count on me to be behind you on this bill. Please contact me at
the above address should you have any questions or require additional
support.

FOR
INDIVIDUAL SENATOR LETTERS NOT FROM MICHIGAN, PLEASE REMOVE THE ABOVE
PARAGRAPH AND INSERT THE BELOW PARAGRAPH FOR YOUR LOCAL SENATOR'S LETTER
OF SUPPORT REQUEST. IF YOUR STATE DOES NOT HAVE A LIGHTHOUSE, PLEASE
REMOVE STATE AND SAY ďUNITED STATESĒ. USE THE FOLLOWING:

Thank you in advance
for supporting lighthouses in STATE or the United States. You can count
on me to be behind you on this bill. Please contact me at the above
address should you have any questions or require additional support.